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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD got rejected from all 8 and collapsed sobbing on the floor. A tad dramatic, I’d say. Perhaps she should have applied to Juilliard…[/quote]

Bad troll attempt. C- [/quote]

If they are not a troll, they applied badly.  No one should want to go to both Dartmouth and Columbia.[/quote]

You have a crazy view that the only criterion that matters is the size of the city a college is in. [b]Maybe Columbia & Dartmouth both have kickass Balkan history professors, or both have great fencing teams. Or they both have special dorm rooms for people who are allergic to some chemical. Maybe the applicant has a grandparent near both schools. [/b]

These are all hypothetical, but the point is there are a range of criteria, & not everybody prioritizes them the same.

Burt Reynolds was married to skinny Judy Carne & buxom Loni Anderson. Under your view, maybe he was crazy because the only thing that matters to you is bust size. But maybe he liked them both because they were funny. Or smart. Or smelled good. Everybody has different priorities. [/quote]

I agree with PP...there is too much trophy hunting with Ivy applications.  If the two schools both have equally great things, then it is all the other things you want from college that matter.  So, if you want an urban environment, you would be very unhappy with Dartmouth.  Opposite, if you want a rural college experience.

Unfortunately, I know too many parents/kids that want ANY Ivy over any other school...what the kid wants from the college experience be damned.[/quote]

But who’s to say the urban/rural criterion trumps all other criteria?[/quote]

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